Textile chemist Lauren Bowker develops inks that respond to various changes in the climate, giving invisible shifts in the wearer's environment a visible manifestation and giving the wearer a new look from microclimate to microclimate. »12/15/13 9:00am 12/15/13 9:00am

Animator Jake Fried has a knack for getting under your skin. Back in January, we called his captivating one-minute short "The Deep End" sixty of the most unsettling seconds we'd sat through in some time. His latest animation – titled "Raw Data" – confirms the Boston-based artist still has what it takes to hold us in… »5/07/13 10:55am 5/07/13 10:55am

Sea hares are known for the colorful, sticky ink they let loose when knocked around by hungry predators (or mean humans). Scientists already knew a few ways this defense helped these squishy creatures escape the dinner plate. But new research reveals another purpose to the defensive ink, and it's unlike anything else… »3/27/13 3:20pm 3/27/13 3:20pm

Twilight super fan Cathy Ward used Stephenie Meyer's books and movies as a reward system for losing weight. After she dropped 14 dress sizes, she rewarded herself even further with this gigantic Twilight back tatt. And she's not done yet. »1/06/11 11:08am 1/06/11 11:08am

Artist Faith Pearson took empty ink cartridges and used them as the building blocks for these wonderfully demented scenes from Star Trek, Godzilla, and King Kong. It's incredible how futuristic our 21st century garbage can appear. »8/22/10 11:45am 8/22/10 11:45am

Take one part Shel Silverstein, a heavy dose of Baroque fashion, and mix with steampunk sensibility, and you get Mattias Adolfsson’s ink and watercolor illustrations. The Swedish illustrator draws witty and often sweet illustrations of unusually shaped robots and impossible vehicles, imagining a world where bears fly… »12/07/08 9:00am 12/07/08 9:00am

Ink is an indie urban fantasy flick about a battle between the creatures who deliver good dreams and those who deliver nightmares. Clearly influenced by tales like Sandman, it's a fairy tale about a girl who is stolen by a dreamworld demon named Ink who needs to make a sacrifice to join the ranks of the cool-looking… »12/04/08 10:58am 12/04/08 10:58am